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‘The things I wanted to be remembered for are all forgotten’: jailed public servant opens up about corruption

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A jailed public servant has spoken of the impact a corruption conviction has had on his life in a video recently released by the Queensland…

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Project leaders need to deal with a little messiness. What to expect when designing (or redesigning) a digital service

By David Donaldson

Communications & Technology

When designing a new service, there can be a lot of pressure to nail down a project plan and get on with it. But spending…

Research shows Morrison’s plan to cut ‘green tape’ invites corruption, says transparency group

By Stephen Easton

Economy & Industry

The Australian arm of Transparency International has taken a stand against the trend towards light-touch regulation and sounded the alarm over the Morrison government’s plans…

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Powerless to prevent catastrophic bushfires? No, we’re not. We can stop bushfires from occurring with community involvement

By Paul Read

Australian Capital Territory

The fires devastating our communities on the eastern seaboard are covering more than a million hectares even before we reach summer. They are, as predicted,…

Great Barrier Reef management wins the Prime Minister’s Gold Award for public service work

By Stephen Easton

Federal

A joint initiative between federal and state public servants to manage threats to the Great Barrier Reef has won the Gold Award in the 2019…

Queensland Health’s history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be

By Robert Merkel

Communications & Technology

A directive ordering Queensland Health staff to avoid upgrades to the state’s hospital electronic medical record system during parliamentary sitting weeks was recently reversed. After…

Advertising guru calls for creative leadership in government

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Chief Creative Officer at PwC Russel Howcroft has called for the Commonwealth government to establish a Creativity Commission. According to Howcroft — who recently spoke…

How do public servants deal with the outside world: is there any truth to the stories we tell ourselves?

By Peter Debus

Features

As an innovative, real-time exercise, IPAA Queensland polled over 400 public purpose workers at their recent annual forum. In a live session choreographed by Ben…

Anti-corruption commissioners unite to demand public sector leaders take integrity more seriously

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

Nine anti-corruption commissioners from across Australia all say public sector leaders must take the risk of corruption more seriously in a strongly-worded open letter, but…

Planned burns rather than expensive aircraft will lower the cost of bushfires

By Liza Gelt

Australian Capital Territory

The NSW Government committed $38 million to four large air tankers in preparation for one of the state’s most dangerous fire seasons. Available for service…

A watchdog’s work is never done: Qld CCC held 244 days of hearings in one big year

By Stephen Easton

News

It has been a big year for the commissioner charged with investigating crime and corruption in the Queensland public sector, Alan MacSporran, but that is…

Back to basics: auditor-general urges all agencies to review cybersecurity and fix common gaps

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

Cybersecurity consultants hired by the Queensland Audit Office were able to break into computer systems to access confidential and sensitive information held by each of…

Way beyond robodebt: new $70m research centre to improve automated decision-making

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Researchers from eight Australian universities and 22 partner organisations from around the world will work to improve automated decision-making through a new centre of excellence…

Tropic of Shakespeare: what studying Macbeth in Queensland could teach us about place and shipwrecks

By Claire Hansen

Culture

What does the study of literature have to do with the environment? What is the connection between the literary and the real when it comes…

Politics of the unmentionables, part 3: Sex

By Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells

Australian Capital Territory

Despite its long and storied history, sex work is still poorly regulated and highly stigmatized. In many places it is illegal, and sex workers have…

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‘The things I wanted to be remembered for are all forgotten’: jailed public servant opens up about corruption

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Project leaders need to deal with a little messiness. What to expect when designing (or redesigning) a digital service

Research shows Morrison’s plan to cut ‘green tape’ invites corruption, says transparency group

Powerless to prevent catastrophic bushfires? No, we’re not. We can stop bushfires from occurring with community involvement

Great Barrier Reef management wins the Prime Minister’s Gold Award for public service work

Queensland Health’s history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be

Advertising guru calls for creative leadership in government

How do public servants deal with the outside world: is there any truth to the stories we tell ourselves?

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Anti-corruption commissioners unite to demand public sector leaders take integrity more seriously

Planned burns rather than expensive aircraft will lower the cost of bushfires

A watchdog’s work is never done: Qld CCC held 244 days of hearings in one big year

Back to basics: auditor-general urges all agencies to review cybersecurity and fix common gaps

Way beyond robodebt: new $70m research centre to improve automated decision-making

Tropic of Shakespeare: what studying Macbeth in Queensland could teach us about place and shipwrecks

Politics of the unmentionables, part 3: Sex